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sue (sue123)


June 27, 2007


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Michigan


5-1-52


Colon and Rectal Cancer


colon cancer


6-03


Stage 4


Yes


Lymph Node Removal, Re-excision Surgery


Fluorouracil


How it hurts soooo many people!


I live to the fullest everyday.


Pray for everyone's pain and suffering.


animic—I also have lupus and this was found on a routine blood test. I had no other symtoms. Had I got a colonoscopy one year earlier at age 50, I probably would not have got cancer. Please have a colonoscopy at least by age 50! Earlier if there is a family history or if you have symtoms.


6-03 stage 3 colon cancer. Removed right colon, gallbladder, ovaries and lymph nodes (one positve)
12-06 stage 4 colon/liver cancer. Had 1/3 liver removed and swollen nodes near by (positive). Detected by CEA blood test-the pet scan. Did 28 days of radiation, then onto oral chemo therapy. I take Xeloda 21 days a month. I have been on this now for 8 months.
Febuary 08- spread to lungs—now on chemo therapy IV’s (folfox6, Avastin 5FU-levo and Oxi) 6 hours one day-4 hours next day and wear fanny pack filled with chemo for 48 hours at the same time as treatments. I do this every other week.


28 days after second surgery. Felt ok until the last week in which I was very tired.


6-03—36 weeks of IV chemo therapy. Had problems with severe diarrah, nausa and fatigue 3 days out of 7. Slightly ill the rest of the days with same symtoms, but milder.
2007—doing much better on chemo therapy by adding alternitves. (read below)
12-07- oral Xeloda (chemo therapy). Take for 2 weeks straight 2 times a day, then one week off. Side effects are slight now that I take fermented wheat germ, green wheatgrass and mangoseed juice. The juice improved my energy level a lot! I think we are seeing some results from the fermented wheatgerm as we are now starting to see on my cat scans that things have kind of stopped. In the England Cancer Journal they have proved that fermented wheat germ can slow and sometime cure cancers. The mangoseed juice is made in Asia, this is the only place it grows. It is extremely high levels of antioxidants! Knock on wood I haven’t been sick since I started it! I also only eat organic (as much as I can) I eat lot’s of greens and fruits. I get protein from the grains and I also eat a lot of nuts. I have felt so much better since doing this it is unbelievable.. I have hand and foot syndrome that this chemo can cause..this can/is be very painful.
Febuary 08-New treatments of folfox6, Avastin and 5FU—extreme fatigue-nausa-diarreha-controled by medications for the most part. Need to rest a lot.




sue123's Cancer Blog

May 13, 2008

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Here it is Tuesday already. It seems that my ‘off’ chemo week goes so fast!

Thank you Mary for the goodies you brought over. And, Gloria thanks so much for potting flowers and tomato plants for me. Also, thanks to Deb and Jacque and Gloria for visitng me last week during my chemo sessions. This helps me so much to get through these long treatments. Janice thank you also for all the grocery stops you have made for us! All my friends are such a blessing to me!

I had a wonderful Mothers Day as usual. My boys are so very kind and caring. It rained all day, but they still found ways to make my day special! :-)

Recently I have become aware of two young people with cancer. One with stage 4 colon that has spread throughout his body, and one with brain cancer. These two people are young and have started a family—have 3 young children a piece. This is so distressing to me. I think and think and wonder what I can do in being a part of their lives in helping them. I do not know them personally—they are friends of a friends. I pray for them everyday, but this doesn’t seem to be enough! Any suggestions would be welcome.

Be well my friends…

What a sweet, thoughtful and thankful post. Happy Mother’s day Sue!

Came to your blog from Google.
While laid up with 10 months of chemo for my fancy Stage IV Hodgkin’s I created an off color cancer shirt site, http://www.ChucklenutShirts.com
Wondering if you could give me a plug on your great website.

A portion of each sale gets donated to cancer charities each month.

Here is an image to use if you decide to.
http://bigryan.smugmug.com/photos/295147721_NyHLZ-X2.jpg

Best,
Ryan

Sue – Sorry! I should’ve known I wouldn’t have time to see anyone on my short trip to Michigan. I was in late Friday night and out Sunday afternoon. I’m so sorry. I know that I will have more time this summer when the kids are out of school. I hope you’re not too upset. I really want to meet you and talk with you. I’ve told my mother about you also. When the kids get out of school, we’ll be spending a few weeks in Michigan for the summer. I hope you’re feeling well. How is chemo going? We went to the Tiger Game for Mother’s Day and it was rained out. Oh well. Take care Sue.

I mean only respect and kindness with my response to your blog.

To pray with earnest is the most powerful thing you could do for anyone. There is nothing more wonderful a gift then the gift of faith.

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